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Kealakekua Bay

[ key-ah-luh-kuh-koo-uh bey, key-ah-luh ]

noun

  1. a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the Kona coast of the Island of Hawaii: Captain James Cook was killed on a beach here in 1779.


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After an hour of motoring across ultra-calm waters in shades of blue, green and turquoise, we neared Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park.

In the 1970s, Michael and Janet Dant began offering snorkeling tours in the Big Island’s Kealakekua Bay.

Scientists say coral bleaching has occurred before, but they are already seeing worse signs at Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii island and at Kaneohe Bay and Hanauma Bay on Oahu.

Wednesday and shark warning signs are being posted on both sides of Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park.

A dozen miles south of Kailua-Kona, a small obelisk on the edge of Kealakekua Bay marks the spot where the British explorer Captain James Cook was killed in 1779, evidently after overstaying his welcome.

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